waif
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waif englanniksi
An article of property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods up|washed up on a beach or away|thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
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Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.
A person (especially a child) who is homeless and without means of support; also, a person excluded from society; an outcast.
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(RQ:Donne Devotions), and vvhat a ''VVayue'', and ''Stray'' is that ''Man'', that hath not thy ''Markes'' vpon him?
(RQ:Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes)
(RQ:Sandburg Chicago Poems)
A very thin person.
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A plant introduced in a place outside its native range but not persistently naturalized.
(RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Harold)
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick) &91;page 441&93; A fish is technically fast when it bears a waif, or any other recognised symbol of possession; so long as the party waifing it plainly evince their ability at any time to take it alongside, as well as their intention to do so.
Something (such as clouds or smoke) carried aloft by the wind.
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